CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1889.
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SLANDKKS ANSWKKED.
DR. TALMAGE REFUTES THE FALSE
DOCTRINE8 OF ANTI-CHRISTIANS.
A Few Words Tor tlio llcncflt of tlio Gno
mic of i:vrncellni Tlio I'liicuo of Un
belief Thnt li Now ltmti punt In tlio
World Doctrines of llio Bcctn.
BltooKLVN. Jan. 27. Tho Ilov Ur T.
Do Witt Tuhnngo's sermon this morning was
on "Slanders .Agnlnst Religion Answered.''
Ills toxt wasi "And I took tlio littlo book
out of tlio angel's band, nml ato It up. and It
was In my mouth sweet ns honey, ami as
Boon as I had cnten It my belly was bitter.
And ho Mild unto mo, Thou must prophesy
again Iwforo many roples, nnd nations, and
tongue and Lings." Ilov x, 10. II. Tho
reverend gentleman saldt
Domitlnu, tho lloiunn emperor, had In his
realm u troublesome evangelist who would
keep preaching, nnd so ho exiled him to a
barren Island, as now tho Ilusslnns oxllo con
victs to Siberia, or as sometimes tho English
government used to send prisoners to Aus
tralia. Tho Island I sjienk of is now called
Fatmos, nnd is so barren and unproductive
that Its inhabitants livo by fishing.
Dut ono day tho ovnngollst of whom 1
tpenk. Kitting at tho mouth of a cavern on tho
hill side, mill perhaps half asleep under tho
dronoof tho sen, has a supernatural dream,
and beforo him pass, as In panorama, tlmo
and eternity Among tho strange things that
ho saw was an angel with a littlo book In his
hand, nnd in Ills dream tho ovang"llst asked
for this littlo book, and tho angel gnvo it to
him, and told him to cat it up As In a dream
things aroBomotlmes Incongruous, tho ovnn
gel 1st took tho littlo book and nto it up. Tho
angel told him beforehand that It would bo
very sweet In tho mouth, but afterward he
would Ik troubled with Indigestion. Truo
enough, tho ovnngollst devours tho book, nnd
it becomes to htm nBwectness during tlio mas
tication, but afterward a physical bitterness.
Who tho angel was and wlrit tho book was
no ono can tell. Tho commentntors do not
ngrco, and I shall tako no responsibility of
Interpretation, but will toll you thnt It sug
gests to mo tho littlo book of creeds which
skeptics tako and chow up and llnd n very
luscious morsel to their witticism, but after a
wlillo it Is to them a great distress. Tho
angel of tho church hands out thin littlo book
of ovnngcllsm, nnd tho antagonists of tho
Christian church tako it and cat It up, nnd it
makes them smllo nt first, but afterward it Is
to them n dlro dysonsia.
THE HCARONH WHY CltCEOS Attn s.T.Cr.8SAnY.
All Intelligent pcoplo hnvo creeds that Is,
favorite theories which thoylmo adopted.
Political creeds that is, theories about
tariff, about flnnneo, about civil scrvlco,
about government. Social creeds thnt Is,
theories about manners nnd customs and
good neighborhood. .dZsthotleal creeds that
Is, theories nlwut tajicstry, about bric-a-brac,
about styles of ornamentation. Religious
creeds that Ls, theories about the Deity,
about tho soul, about tho great future. Tho
only being who has no creed about anything
is tho Idiot. This scolllng against creeds ls
always n sign of profound Ignorance ou tho
part of tho scoffer, for ho has himself n hun
dred creeds in regard to other things. In our
tlmo tho l)cllefs of ovnngclistlc churches aro
under n fuslllado of caricature and misrepre
sentation Men set up whnt thoy call ortho
dox faith, and then they rako It with
tho musketry of their denunciation. Thoy
fnlslfy what tho Christian churches bo
liovo. Thoy tako evangelical doctrines and
set them In a harsh and repulsive way,
and put them out of tho association with
other truths. They aro lileo a mad anntoiuLst,
who, desiring to tell w hat a man Is, dissects
a human body and hangs up in ono placo tho
heart, and In another placo tho two lungs,
and In another placo an anklo liono, nnd says
that is a man. Thoy aro only fragments of a
man wrenched out of their Uod-nppolntcd
places.
Evangelical religion Is a healthy, symmet
rical, well Jointed, roseate, Ixnmdlng llfo.nud
tho scalpel and tho dissecting knife of tho In
fldel or tho atheist cannot tell you what It Is.
Evangelical religion is as different from what
it is represented to tie by theso enemies as tho
scarecrow w hlch a farmer pets in tho corn
field to keep off tho rnvens Is different from
tho fanner himself.
For Instance, theso enemies of evangelism
ay thnt tho Presbyterian church liollovea
that Qod Is a snvago sovereign, and thnt ho
mado sotno men Just to damn them, and that
thcro aro infants in hell a span long. Theso
old slanders como down from generation to
Sonoration. Tho Presbyterian church ho
oves no such thing, Tho Presbyterian
church bolloves that Uod is a loving nnd Just
sovereign, nnd that wo nro f reo ngcuts. "No,
nol that cannot bo," say theso men who have
cbowod up tho croed and havo tho consequent
embittered stomachs. "Thnt Is Imposslblo;
If God Isa sovereign, wo can't Ik freo ugents."
Why, my friends, wo admit this In every
otbor direction. I, Do Witt Tntmngo, am a
freo citizen of Brooklyn. I go when I pleaso
and I como when I please, but I havo at
least four sovereigns. Tho church court
of our denomination, that is my
ecclesiastical sovereign Tlia mayor of
this city, ho Is my municipal sovereign.
Tho governor of Now York; ho Is my
stato sovereign. Tho president of tho Unitod
States, ho Is my national sovereign. Four
sovereigns havo 1, and yet In every faculty
of body, mind nnd soul I am a froo man.
Bo, you sco, It Is possllilo that tho two doc
trines go sido by side, and thcro is a common
6onso wny of presenting it, nnd (hero is n
way that Is repulsive If you havo tho two
doctrines In n worldly direction, why not in
a religious direction! if I chooso to-morrow
morning to walk into tho Mcrcautllo library
and improve my mind, or to go through tho
conservatory of my friend nt Jamaica, who
lias flowers from nil lands growing under tho
arches of glass, and who has an nquarlum nil
asqulrm with trout nnd gold fish, and thcro
aro trees bearing oranges nnd bananas if I
want to go thcro, I could. 1 am freo
to ga If I want to go over to Ilobokcn
and leap Into a furnaco of an nil factory, if I
want to Jump from tho platform of tlio Phila
delphia express train, if 1 want to leap from
Brooklyn brldgo, I may But supposo I
should go to-morrow and leap Into tho fur
naco at Iloboken, who would bo to hlamol
Thnt is all there Isnhout sovereignty anil freo
agency. Uod rules and reigns, nml ho has
conservatories nnd ho has blast furunees. If
you want fo walk In thognrdens, wulk thorn
If you wact to leap in tho furnaces you may.
BOMB UIMJONCEITIONS THAT W.I. MEN'S
MINDS.
Supposo now a man had a charmed Ley
with which ho could open nil the Jails, nnd ho
should oKn Raymond riticet Jail nnd tho
Now York Tombs and ull tho pilsonscn tho
continent, in three woeks whnt kind of a
country would this bo all tholnmntosturnod
out of tlioso prisons and icuitcuttarics. Sup
poso all tho reprobates, tlio bad spirits, the
outrageous spirits, should bo turned Into tho
Now Jerusalem. Why, tho next morning
the gates of iearl would bo found off hlugo,
tho linchpin would bo gono out of tho chariot
wheels, tho "house of mauy mansions" would
bo burglarized. Assault nnd battery, arson,
libertinism and assassination would rcsido in
tb i capital of tho skies. Angels of Qod would
bo insulted on tho streets. Heaven would bo
a drnd failure, if thrro were no great lock up.
If all people, without regard to their charac
ter, w hen thoy Icavo this world, go right into
glory, I wander If in thotcmploof tho skies
Charles tlultoau and John Wilkes Booth
occupy thosnmo powl Your common senso
demand two destinies I And then as to tho
Prtb)torlnn cliureh bellovlng t hero nro In
fnuts in perdition, if you will bring liio n
Presbyterian of good morals nnd sound mind
who will nay that he bcUovcs there over was
a baby In tho lost world, or over will Ik, I
will mnko lilm n deed to tho house I llvo In,
nnd ho ,nn tnko Kssosslon to-morrow.
So tho episcopalian church ls misrepre
sented by tho enemies of evangelism. Thoy
say that church sulistltutes forms and cere
monies for heart religion, and It (sail n mat
ter of liturgy nnd genuflexion, l'nlso again.
All Episcopalians will tell you thnt tho forms
and creeds of their church nro worsothnn
nothing unions tho heart go with them.
So also the Baptist church has lccu mis
represented. Tho enemies of evangelism sny
tho Baptist church hcliovcM that unless a man
Is Immersed ho w 111 ne er get into heaven.
Falso again. All tlio llnptlMs, close com
munion and open communion, believe thnt if
n innn ncccpt the Ixird Jesus Christ ho will
bo saved, whether ho bo tuiptlrcd by ono drop
of water on tho forehead, or bo plunged Into
tho Ohio or Susquehanna, although Immer
sion ls tho only gate by w hlch one enters
their earthly communion.
Tho enemies of evangelism also misrepre
sent tho Methodist church. They say
the Methodist church bcllovcs that a man can
convert himself, and thnt conversion in that
church Is n toniorary emotion, nnd thnt all
a man has to do Is to kneel down nt tho altar
and feel bad and then tho minister pats him
on tho back and says: "It is all right," and
that is all there is of It, Fnlso again, Tho
Methodist church believes that tho Holy
Ghost nlono can convert n heart, and In that
church conversion ls an carthmiuKo of con
viction and n sunburst of pardon, And as to
mere "teiniwrary emotion," 1 wish wo all
had moro of tho "temporary emotion" which
lasted Bishop Janes and Matthew Simpson
for ii hnlf century, keeping them on lire for
God until their holy enthusiasm consumed
their bodies.
IT 13 THK IU.NOIIA.NT MAN WHO UISnUMEVDi.
So all tho evangelical denominations nro
misrepresented. And then these enemies of
evangelism go ou and hold up tho great doc
trines of Christian churches as absurd, dry
and luoxpllcnblo technicalities. "Thcro U
your doctrine- of tho Ti Inlty," they say. "Ab
surd beyond nil bounds. Tho Idea that thcro
ls a God in thrco persons. luiiosslblo. If it
is ono God ho can't bo three, and If there nro
threo thoy can't bo one," At the samo tlmo
nil of us thoy with us acknowledge trini
ties all around us. Trinity In our own uiako
uj body, mind, soul. Body with which wo
move, mind with which wo think, soul with
which wo love. Threo, yet ono man Trinity
in the air light, heat, moisture- jet ono at
mosphere. Trinity In tho court loom threo
Judges on tlio liencli, liut ono court trini
ties nil nrouud about us, In earthly govern
ment nnd in nature. Of course, nil tho
Illustrations uio defective for tho lensou that
tho natural cannot fully Illustrate tlio spirit
ual. But supjioso nu Ignorant man should
como up to n chemist und say t "I deny whnt
you sny uliout tho water and about tho air;
they aro not nuidoof different parts. Tlio
nil" is one, 1 breutho it every day. 'i ho w ater
U ono, 1 drink It every day You can't de
ceive mo alxiiit tho elements that go to make
up tho air und the water." Tho chemist
would say: "You como up Into my labora
tory and I will demoustrato this whole thing
to you." Tho Ignorant man goes Into the
chemist's laboratory, nnd sees for himself. He
learns that tho water ls one nnd tlio air is ono,
but the i.io made up of dlfferiut xir's. So
hero is n man whosajs: "1 can't tiudci stand
tho doctrine of ho Trinity." (Jodsnys: "You
como up heio Into tho laboratory ufter your
death, nnd you will sco you will sco It ex
plained, )ou will boo it demonstrated." Tho
Ignorant man cannot understuud tho chem
istry of tho watvr and tlio air until ho goes
Into tho laboratory, and wo will never under
stand the Trinity until wo go into heaven.
Tho Ignorance uf the man who cannot under
stand tho chemistry of the air and water does
not cbnngi tho fact In regard to tho compo
sition of air and water. Because wo cannot
understand the Trinity, does that change tho
fact?
"And there is j our absurd doctrine about
Justification by faith," say theso antago
nists who hnvo chewed up tho littlo
book of evangelism, and hno tho consequent
embittered stomnch "justification by faith;
you can't explain It," 1 can explain it. It is
simply this: when a man takes tho Lord
Jesus Christ as his Saviour from sin, God lots
tho offender off. Just as you hnvo n differ
ence with somo ono, ho tins Injured you, ho
apologizes, or ho makes lepuratlou, )ou say:
"Now, that's all right, that's nil right."
Justification by faith Is this: a man takes
Jesus Christ as his Saviour, nnd Uod says to
tho innn; "Now It was oil wrong beforo, but
It U all right now, it Is nil right." That was
what mado Martiu Luther what ho was.
Justification by falth.lt Is going to conquer
all nations.
"Thcro Is your absurd doctrlno about re
generation," theso antagonists of evangelism
sny. What Is regeneration Why, regen
eration Is reconstruction. An) body can un
derstand that, Havo you not seen jiooplo
who are nil mado oer ngaln by somo won
derful liillucueef In other words, they aro
Just as different now from w hat thoy used to
bo as (Misslblo, Tho old Constellation, man-of-war,
lay down heiont tho Brooklyn nnvy
yard. I'linilne came to Ireland Tho old
Constellation was fitted up, nnd though it
had been carrying guiioudcr und bullets, it
took bread to li eland. You rcmt'inlxr tho
enthusiasm as the old Constellation went out
of our harbor, and with what Joy It was
greeted by tho famishing nation on tho other
sido tho sea. That is regeneration A man
loaded up with sin und death loaded up with
llfo. Ilellttod, Your obtcrntlon has been
very small, Indeed, If you huvo not seen
changes In character as radical us that,
AN IU.USTKATION WITH A UOIIAU
A man camo into this church one night,
and ho was Intoxicated, and at an iittcrancoof
tho pulpit he said In u sutxluod touo. "That's
n Ho I" An officer of tho church tapjied
him en tho shoulder and said, "You must lie
slleut, or you mustgooiit." Tho next night
that stranger camo and he was converted to
God Ho war in tho liquor business. Ho re
signed tho imsincss The next da) he bent
back tho samples that hud Just liccii sent him.
Ho began to lovo that which ho hated. 1
baptized him by Immersion In tho buptlstiy
under this platform A largo sj hi r) was of
fered him If ho would letuiu to his foruur
business. Ho declined It He would rather
suffer with Jesus Christ than be piosx.icd in
tho world He wrote home a letter to his
Christian mother Tho Christian mother
wioto back, congratulating lilm, and wild
"If In thu chiingo of your business )ou huvo
lack of menus, como homo, you mo always
welcome homo." Ho told of hi. can version
to a dissolute companion. Tho dissolute com
panioii said "Well, If you huvo become n
Cliilstimi, ou had Utter go over und talk to
that d) lug gii I She is dylm; w It li quick con
sumption In thnt house." The new convert
went theie. All tho surroundings were dis
solute. Ho told tho dying gill Unit Jesus
would save her. "Oh," wild she, "that can't
be, that can't bo! Whut mukc you
think sof "1 havo it bciu In a
book In my jiocket," he replied. Uo
pulled out a New Testament. Sho said I
"Show it to mo; if I can bo saved show it to
mo lu thnt book." Ho soldi "I havo neg
lected this Isjok as you hnvo neglected it for
many ) ems, and I don't know where to llnd
It; but I know it Is soiuowhcro between the
lids." Then ho licgnn to turn over tho leave,
and strango and knutlful to say, his eye
struck upon this iwu-sngot "Neither do I con
demn thee; go nnd sin no inoic" Shosnldt "U
Isn't possible that Is therol" "Yes." ho said,
"that Is thcte." He hildltiipbofoiohi.rdylng
eyes, and she snldi "Oh, yes, I seo It for my
self; I accept tho promise: 'Neither do I con
demn thee; go and sin no more. " In a few
hours her spirit sjicd nwoy to tho Iird that
gave it, and the now convert picaihcdtho
funeral sermon. The iiinuwhou few da)i
beforo had licvn a blasphemer nml udiunknrd
and n hater of all that was good, ho pi cached
the sermon. That Is icucuciutloii, that la
regeneration! If there are any dry husks of
technicality In that, where me the) I All
mado over again by tlio power of thogrnea
of God.
A fow venrs agon ship captain camo in
hero nnd sat ) onder under tho gallery. Ho
camo In with u contempt fur thochuich of
God and with nu csjicciiil dislike for Tab
mngo. When nu optortunlty was given he
arose for pru)cr, and as he was more than
six feet high, w lien ho ni-oso for prayer no
ono doubted that ho tircMil That hour ho lie
came n Chi 1st Ian, Ho went out nnd told thu
shlpowneis nnd tho ship commanders what
a great change had been wrought In lilm,
and scores mid scoies have been brought to
God through his instrumentality
A littlo wlillo after his conversion ho was
on ship off Cape Hatteias In a thick and
prolonged fog, and they were nt their wits'
ends und know not w hut to do, the ship drift
ing about hither nml thither, mid thoy lost
their bearings, and the converted son captain
went to his room mid nsked God for tho sal
vutlon of the ship, and God revealed It to
him while ho was on his knees that at a cer
tain hour, only u little way off, tho fog would
lift, and tho converted ben captain camo out
on tho deck and told how Uod hi aid till
praycis. Ho said. "It Is nil right, bo)s, very
soon now the fog will lift," mentioning tho
hour. A man w ho stood thcro laughed aloud
In derision at tho idea that God would
answer prayer; but at Just the hour when
God had assured tho captain tho fog would
lift there camo a Hash of lightning through
tho fog, nnd tho man who had Jeered and
laughed was stunned nnd fell to tho deck.
Tho fog lifted. Yonder was Cajw Hattcras
lighthouse. Tho ship was put on tho right
course, and sailed on to tho hm Isir of safety.
A ltr.OE.NKUATION UKVOUTI.Y TO IIP. WINDED
TOIL
When in scnKrt tho captain spends most
of Ills t lino In evangelical work. He kneels
down b) one who hud been helpless In tho
bed for many mouths, and tho next day sho
walks forth in tho streets well. Ho kneels
beside one who has long been decrepit, and
ho resigns tlio crutches. He kneels Ix-sldo ono
w ho hud not scon enough to lie nhle to read
for ten )ears, and sho reads the Bible that
day Consumptions go nwny, and those w ho
had diseases that weio appalling to behold
como up to rapid convalescence and to com
plete health. I am not telling you anything
second handed. 1 have hud the story from
tho lli of the patients' in this very
house, those who were brought to health
of body, while at tho Mine tlmo brought to
God. .So second hniul story tills. 1 nave
heard tlio testimony fiom men mid women
who hnvo Ist-n cured, You may call it faith
euro, or )ou may cull it the (xiwer of God
coming down In answer to prayer. 1 do not
care what you call It, it Is u fact Tlio scof
ling sen captain, Ids hem t full of hatred for
Christianity, now U-comes a follower of the
meek und lowly Jesus, giving nil tho time tu
evnugellcnl labels, or all the tlmo ho can
spare fiom other occupations. That Is re
generation, that Is regeneration Man nil
made over (.gain.
"There U your absurd doctrlno of vicarious
saci lllce," sii) theso men who havo chewed up
tho littlo IxKik of cicedsnud hnvo thu conse
quent embittered stomnch. "Vicarious sacrl
llcol let every man suffer for himself. Why
do I want Christ to suffer for mo! I'll suffer
for myself and carry my own burdens."
They scoir nt tho Iden of vicarious sucrlflco,
while thoy admire it ovcryw hero else except
hi Christ. People sco its lienuty when a
mother suffers for her child. Pooplo seo its
beauty w hen u (intrlot suffers for his country
People seo Its lienuty when a mun denies him
self for u friend. Thoy can sco tho beauty of
vicarious sacrlllce lu every one lint Lin 1st,
A young lady In ono of the literary lustl
tutious w ns u tenchcr She w ns v ery reticent
nnd retired In her hnblts, und she formed uo
companionships in tho now position sho occu
pied, and her dress was very plain some
times it was very shabby After u wlillo sho
was discharged from tho pluce for that rea
son, but no reason was given In answer to
tho letter discharging her from thu position,
sho said: "Well, if I havo failed to pleaso, I
supposo It Is my own fault." Shu went hero
and thcro for employment, and found none,
and in desperation and in dementia sho ended
her llfo by suicide. Investigation was mado
and it was found thnt out of her small
means sho had supported her father, feO
years of ago, uud was paying tho way
for her brother in Ynlo collego on
his wny to tho ministry It was found that
sho had uo blanket ou tho bed thnt winter,
and sho had no lire on the very coldest day of
all the season Pcoplo found It out, uud there
wns a largo gathering nt the funeral, tho
largest ever at any funeral In thnt placo, nnd
tho ver) ieople w ho had scoffed enmu and
looked upon thu palo faco of tho martyr, and
nil honor was dono her, but It was too late.
Vicarious sncrllice. All are thrilled with
such instances as that. But many are not
moved by tho fact that Christ pnld his xv
crty for our riches, his self abnegation foi
our enthronement, nnd knelt ou tho sharp
edges of humiliation that wo might climb
over Ills lacerated shoulder into pence and
heav en
TIIKflR noCTItlNES WEUE NOT
MADE TO IIE
bCOKKKD AT
Do it ours to admire nnd ndoro theso doc
trines at vv Inch others Jeer. Oh, tho depths
of the riches both of tho wisdom nnd'kuowl
edgo of (lodl How unsearchable is his wis
dom, and his w ays m 0 post (hiding out I Oh,
tho height, tlio depth, the length, tho breadth,
tho (iilluity, tho immeiisit), tlio eternity of
that love1 let our earnest prn)ors pi out in
behalf of all those who scolfut I licso doctrines
of grace. When the ludon plnguo way
raging, in tho )ear UK'), theie i n hotel
near tho chief burial place that excited much
comment Cnglum! was in fright uud bereavement-
The dead carts went through the
stieets da) nnd night, and the cry, "Ihing
out your dead'" was answered by the
bringing out of the forms of the loved on,
and they weio put tvvuity or thlrt) lu a cart,
and the wagons went ou to thoicmctcry,nnd
these dead weieuot bulled In graves, but in
great ti cliches, in pent pits, in one pit eleven
hundred and fotii teen burials! Tho carts
would como up with their great burden of
twenty or tliii ty to tho mouth of tho pit, and
the front of the curt was lifted uud thu dead
shot into th pit. All the chinches lu Ixm
don were open for prayer day and night, and
England w u lu 11 giv.it nrguhh Atthatvery
time, nt 11 hotel, at 11 wu)slde bin near tlio
chief Initial placo, there wns a group of
hardened men, who sat day after tUy and
ulght after uUht blaspheming (Jul and luib
tn ting tho grief stnick who went by to tto
Imrlnl place. TIipmj men sat theroilny after day
midnight nftir night, nnd they scoffed nt men.
nnd they scoffed nt women, nml thoy scoffed
nt God, Hut after n while ono of them was
struck with tho plague, and In two weeks nil
of tho group were down lu tho trench from
tho margin of which they had tittcied their
rllmldry My fi lends, a greater plague Is
abroad lu tho world. Millions hnvo died of
it. Millions are smitten with It now Phigua
of lii, plngiioof sorrow, plague of vv rot elicit
ties, plague of woo. And cousecraltsl wo
men and men from all Christendom mi) going
out tr) lug to slay tho pluguo mid nllovlato
tho anguish, and there I a gioup of
men In this cniiutiy huso enough to sit
nnd derliln tho work. They scoff nt
tho Bible, and they scoff at avuti
gellsiu, and they scoff at Jesus Christ,
nnd they scoff nt God. If theso words slinll
reach them, cither while thoy nto sitting
hero today or through the pi luting plows, let
me tell thetn to remember llio fate of that
group lu thu wnysldo Inn wlillo tlio plnguo (
spreads Its two black wings over the doomed
city of Ixiudon. Oh, Instead of being scof ,
Tors let us I hi disclplesl "IUchmhI Is tlio man
that walketh not In tho counsel of tho un
godly, nor stnndetli In the wny of sinners,
nor sltteth In thu sent of the scornful."
ODDS AND CNDS.
Henry M. Slnnley'srenl unmo Is John How
lauds, and ho was born lu Wales.
Tho number of passengers transported an
uunlly lu tho liorso cars lu Berlin Is nearly
100,000,000.
Tho output of lead and silver at tho Iiond
vUlo district during I8S8 was valued at t It,
8B0.S05. There am hi India nliotit COO sewrato spe
cies of snnkos, but only thirty-throe of theso
am iiolsonous.
Olio ton of conl Is cawtblo of yielding an
amount of forco equivalent to that of six nnd
two-thiids men.
At n ball lu Paris recently a lady woro
shoos each of vv hlch had n watch Inserted In
tlio leather, near to her toes.
Pi luce Blsmiiicklsn capital Preach scholar,
but ilotcsts every other German who parades
tho samo accomplishment,
Mrs. John Hawkins, of Toronto, Out., wns
relieved of a lizard eight Inches in length
and one Inch in diameter. Sho had Urn
treated for vnrloiisdlsousesaiid suffered gleat
pain for jeurs.
A woman has designed u fan which ought
to lie popular with innHquoradcrs. A mask
Is folded lu tlio upHT part, n mwdcr jtouch
hnugs under a rosette on ono of tho outside
sticks, within which Is n case for scissors,
pencil and button hook. It costs fin.
Ixiudon has n poor relief society that re
ceives as c'oulilbutlous gnrmeuts Instead of
monoy Each member Is obliged to contrib
ute two g.vrments a year Theso aro dls
Hscd of it vui lous ways by tlioolllccrs of
thu society Some aro sold nt low pi Ices to
tlio poor, somo am given away, und somo are
kept-hi sUxk and loaned.
Mrs. Juno McCarthy, of Ixiiilsvillo, waded
Into a gang of loafers with her sleeves rolled
up and knocked live of them down by right
and left banders lioforo thoy could ge-. nwny.
In so doing she smashed a knuckle, which a
doctor minded fieoof charge.
A California sipcr says that a rtywho
ascended Mount Ijisscii recently liccnmo elec
trified, the hair of their heads standing
straight out, and siwrks of electricity Hying
from tho ends of their noses nnd lingers. Tho
phenomenon was occasioned b .1 electrical
StOIIIL
A now schedule of prices for pows In Ply
mouth church bus been devised by tho trus
tees. Tho old s)stcm of fixing n moderate
valuation mid then auctioning tho choice of
location to the highest bidder vv ill bo aban
doned, uud the money thus lost hi tho lack of
premiums will bo made up In tho higher
valuation of tho (tows.
John Simmons of Galveston found a good
sized H'nrl In a dish of raw oysters a fow
days since, lie placed tho penrl In u collar
box In his b.ilroom. Two days Inter ho found
the x-uil a soft grayish muss with ft red
center If u linger Is placed on tho -K'arl It
becomes hard ami the red Sut disappears.
Tho American gill dances as sho does every
thing ItctUr than nny ono else. Her move
ments are full of nervous Hie and grace and
her feet seem to full naturally into tho trick
of tho dance step uud the rhythm of tho music.
Tho English gii I, ou tho contrary, does not
alter her amiable torpidity lu tho least. Sho
does not smile. Sho ls as grave as uvcr. Sho
turns solemnly around, without a v estigo of
abandon. She does not dunce, but trots.
Traps for Yalu .lien.
Notwithstanding the fact that l'10 pollco
recently raided a gambling den in Lnmar
block mid seized mid dcstro)cd tho gnmbllug
paraphernalia, gnmbllug still nourishes in
thu samo building, and young men, particu
larly Yale students, continue to loso largo
sumstheie. The gamblers In this den aro
old hands nt thu business, nnd they tuko extra
precaution Hint 110 stranger shall eutc tho
room where the gambling Is dono. In tho
loom me siker tables, 11 roulette table and
other apparatus, A )oung man who is well
known on tlio collego campus, but who never
belonged to nny but the "l,lmilng" depart
ment of Vale, acts as dialer at one of tho
tables, uud he wins thousands of dollars from
tho studuitx iimiunll) lfrcMiits are truo,
and 110 one who is Misted doubts them, the
Ijimar block gambling dm U helping to ruin
scores of ) oung men whoso (inreuts nrodcuy
Ing themselves nocessltlcsto scud their sons
through Ynlo. New lluven Palladium.
llio tliliii'so I'rliurosu.
As tho namo suggests, tho Chinese primrose
comes fiom Asia. Tor tho w Indow , conser
vatory or gieeuhouse, from hollduy tlmo until
hot weather, 1 know of no other plant so cer
tain to bloom In such profusion an this. It
adds much lienuty and llfo to every plant
collection.
There U considerable diversity, both In
folingo and (lowers, especially of tho singlo
varieties. Tho fern leaved sorts aro esiieclully
prctt),but in umotiut of bloom thoy do not
equal other kinds, 'llio colors urn fiom red
and pin plish crimson to white, and In many
cases (K-curstrl)cd and mottled fonnsyill liclng
beautiful Nouuof the kinds possess u great
amount of odor, although both leaves nnd
flowers uie somewhat fragrant, of which I
urn 1 try fond, while many person think It
ofTeusivo.- YlcL's Mngazluo.
Turning Out tlio To-s.
A v 1 Iter 111 an 1'nglUh piTiodical dovotcd
to tbo science of iiuilug contends (hat tho
custot 1 of turning out tho toes lu standing and
In wnll.iug it ulisolutcly iucomtiutiblo with
grace in movimi'iit und with the mainte
nance of good standing in trj lug circum
stances. The feet should lie placed In lino, if
told that tho military jxisitUiii, "an angle of
45 (legs.," Is not only more elegant but gives
tho security of tho tripod, leiuemUr the
poet's words, "A tower thut stood four
squaro to every wind that blow." So after
all tho N'oith American Indian is n graceful
crc.mil e. And vv hat becomes of the dancing
master nnd thu young Indies of the ballot!
llostoii Transci iit.
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